Leimert Park

Leimert Park is a residential neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. The park was developed during the 1920s as a master-planned community featuring Spanish colonial revival homes and tree-lined streets, and it was initially considered to be a desirable community. After World War II, some of the park's European residents moved to the suburbs, while the Japanese began to move into the area. During the 1950s, African-Americans began to integrate into the part, and Leimert Park and Crenshaw became some of the largest black middle-class neighborhoods in the United States. In 2000, Leimert Park had a population of 9,880 people, with 79.6% being African-American, 11.4% Hispanic (mostly from El Salvador and Mexico), 4.9% Asian, 1.5% white, and 3.2% other.